Suspected Escondido wife killer on the loose

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ESCONDIDO, Calif. – Authorities were searching for a man whose wife was found dead by a child in an Escondido home Wednesday morning.

Officers received a call around 11 a.m. from a child who said he was unable to awaken his mother, Escondido police Lt. Neal Griffin said.

When officers arrived to the house on 1500 block of East El Norte Parkway they found the body of 43-year-old Jacinto Montalvo.

Investigators determined Montalvo was a victim of homicide and named her husband Jesus “Tony” Flores Hernandez, 46, as the murder suspect, said Griffin, who would not disclose what led them to that conclusion.